{
  "id": "2024-10-21-princeton-university-lewis-center-lewdness",
  "slug": "princeton-university-lewis-center-lewdness-2024-10-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Princeton University",
    "shortName": "Princeton",
    "state": "NJ",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TigerAlert",
    "enrollment": 8500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-21",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Advisory after lewdness reported in campus arts building",
    "headlinePublic": "Advisory after lewdness reported in campus arts building",
    "summary": "Princeton [Public Safety issued a TigerAlert](https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-2) after a report that a male exposed himself on the second floor of the Lewis Center for the Arts Dance Building at about 8:45 p.m. on October 21, 2024.",
    "outcome": "Suspect description circulated; tip line provided. Final disposition not always stated on the inactive alert page.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-21T21:30:00-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "This notice is to advise you of an incident that concerns the University community.\n\nDate: October 21, 2024\n\nIncident: Lewdness\n\nAt about 8:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, a male exposed his genitals on the second floor of the Lewis Center for the Arts Dance Building. The victim reported that they walked from the first floor to the second floor and noticed a man looking at pictures on a phone. As the victim was returning to the first floor, they passed the man, and saw he had exposed himself. The victim returned to the first floor and the man did not follow. The man was described as wearing a black hoodie and black athletic pants. If you have information relevant to this incident, please contact DPS at 609-258-1000.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-2",
      "sourceDescription": "Princeton Department of Public Safety Alerts & Warnings (TigerAlert archive page)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text recovered from the official publicsafety.princeton.edu Alerts & Warnings page for this TigerAlert.",
        "Inactive archive page preserves the transmitted community notice wording."
      ],
      "characterCount": 721
    }
  ],
  "context": "Princeton [Public Safety issued a TigerAlert](https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-2) after a report that a male exposed himself on the second floor of the Lewis Center for the Arts Dance Building at about 8:45 p.m. on October 21, 2024. Official Public Safety alert archive pages preserve full TigerAlert wording for Clery and community advisories; many pages are Cloudflare-protected to automated clients and were recovered via a public text mirror of the live page.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Public Safety Alerts & Warnings page preserves complete TigerAlert wording",
    "Message includes tip-line contact and (where present) suspect description for community awareness"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Public Safety TigerAlert archive — TigerAlert: Lewdness on second floor of Lewis Center Dance B",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-2",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Princeton Department of Public Safety — Alerts & Warnings index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "lewdness",
    "advisory",
    "tigeralert",
    "princeton",
    "public-safety"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}